Texas law still permits corporal punishment in public schools. The law defines it as deliberately causing physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping or using other physical force as discipline. Lubbock Independent School District removed corporal punishment from its discipline policy in 2020. Read More: Lubbock School Zones Are Now ActiveI attended a school without corporal punishment before spending my final two years at a school that allowed it. I am personally glad swats are gone from Lubbock ISD schools.